Category: 2019
KFS Monday September
Our first Monday back in the woods. We checked in our new 'Who's in the woods', designed by Eloise. Walking around the woods to see the changes, we saw a magnficent Dryads Saddle and felt it's texture. Sea Sawing, story reading, den renaming, all in a morning.
KFS September Wednesday
First Wednesday back at Forest School. All 7 feret babies were dead. Lemon Levon is going to be with Fin today Eloise - didn't find any Kwala but found Padamalong, smaller than a Kangaroo. Mell - Swam in a Welsh night Jadzia - had picked mushrooms in Sweden Bo - had visited the Natural History… Continue reading KFS September Wednesday
KFS – July – our MOON and Manhunt
The tribe bought extraordinary findings to explore. Tris bought a beautiful HUGE hornet. Jack bought Sharks teeth that were usually small, but sharp enough to engulf a childs arm we all agreed. And Bo bought along some delicious sea weed to decorate his Trident staff. Rufus bought his own staff, a beautiful rounded wood, hard… Continue reading KFS – July – our MOON and Manhunt
KFS June 25 Shipwreck, Neptune, and Benders
A full on KFS day, starting with a dramatic storm, the finding of shipwrecked stuff to make tea, building shelters. But we managed to fit in our last planet, NEPTUNE, for which a TRIDENT arrived. Lewin, Levon and Tris worked on the black body of the ISW. Meanwhile John Esling made a lean too behind… Continue reading KFS June 25 Shipwreck, Neptune, and Benders
KFS – June 19 – Saturn
(We miss Molly, Luis, Danny) Starting with MANHUNT, after which we did Saturn, the GAS GIANT, with ICE RINGS Roman God of Agriculture - symbolised by the Sycel FIND A TREE - tree personalities out of clay Fin and Gabrielle made clay faces for the trees Jack found a tenatious surviving Ash tree Collection of… Continue reading KFS – June 19 – Saturn
KFS 2019 May 16 – Solar III Mercury
Luis went to collect a book and bought back an INDIAN RUNNER duck. . What a ruse! He outsnaked Mell on her alcoholic preserved snake (which was amazingly real). The Indian Runner was one week old and spent time in Maya's coat collar. We called her Cosmos, not Pluto. Cooking sausages, feeding porridge to the… Continue reading KFS 2019 May 16 – Solar III Mercury
KFS 2019 May – Rain and Solar Sun
A first for us at Kinda Forest School - all day rain! No stopping this tribe though. Tarps needed emptying of water, thanks Gracie and Mabelle, and water was collected in our trolley, thanks to Mya. Sausages and porridge cooked for breakfast, thanks Eloise and everyone who cooked. Into the solar lighted Cabin, wood burner… Continue reading KFS 2019 May – Rain and Solar Sun
KFS May Solar System begins…
We started on our Solar adventure today, with Mnemonics, or Monica's as someone named them. Thanks to Cody, we got all the planets named even the one dropped off the list. But how to know how they fitted into our solar system? In what order.So we devised our own mnemonic Planet mnemonic mnemonic mnemonic KFS… Continue reading KFS May Solar System begins…
KFS April After Easter
We had a catch up. Eloise had been to Wales where she bought back some beautiful slate, Mell to Durham, Rachel to Germany (where for 5 days philosophers talked around one question: Under what circumstances is it right to disagree?) Mell spoke of the current Extinction Rebellion taking place around the UK, and of the… Continue reading KFS April After Easter
Kinda Elders in the woods 